It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low- Bill Nicholson
Conservatives and Labour- Lying through gritted teeth
Where to start... Europe isn't to be meddled with, especially in this current climate of divide between pro-EU and Eu-skeptics. UKIP have become very prominent on such a climate, and now pose a serious threat in "stealing" constituencies from both Labour and Conservatives come May 2015.
So when it comes to promises about the EU, you should stick to them... Stand up the Conservatives.
So when it comes to promises about the EU, you should stick to them... Stand up the Conservatives.
Promising a vote in the House of Commons over the controversial EU Arrest Warrant was always going to be double edged sword. The Conservative's bottled it, but why? Surely Labour's promise to vote Yes would be enough wouldn't it. Labour and Conservative make up the vast majority of the Commons, so it was guaranteed result. Wasn't it? However, the Conservative's claim that whilst Labour had told them that they would vote Yes, their whip would actually instruct them to do otherwise...
Hard times call for hard measures... And here is the extreme case, this week has been, quite frankly, disastrous for Miliband and Labour. When several Labour MP's have called for Miliband to resign, or in most cases, something worse, Labour needed to get the bit back in between their teeth, and realise that the General Election was just round the corner. It was almost another "bigot" moment, and one that was, as it turns out, made worse.
The phrase "offence is the best defence" couldn't be more precise here, and going all out against the Conservatives, is arguably, their favourite and most used policy over their history. So when it came to the EU Arrest Warrant, which if you look at Labours pro-EU ideology and past, you would think they'd vote yes, but because of their audacious and pathetic plan, they fell face first into the puddle of shame. Not before they had given the tories a kick up the backside though, and arguably relieving the pressure off Red Ed.
It was a compromise for Labour, and one which was short term, but it worked. Because there was no other alternative. If the Conservatives had decided to keep their promise, which they should've done, and held a vote on the EU Arrest Warrant, many MP's, including Labour would've voted no, due to controversy. And most likely, they would've lost, which would leave egg on their face... Again.
However, the alternative, of breaking the promise and not holding a vote, gave Labour an excuse to call the Conservatives undemocratic and untrustworthy, which in this case, they were. This relieved pressure off Miliband and Labour, and for once, since the Scottish Independence Referendum, Labour aren't the ones to blame. They were only partially to blame. For such an audacious and incompetent plan, that won due to the Conservatives dead end.
Jordan Ifield (Ed Miliband still needs to step down)
The phrase "offence is the best defence" couldn't be more precise here, and going all out against the Conservatives, is arguably, their favourite and most used policy over their history. So when it came to the EU Arrest Warrant, which if you look at Labours pro-EU ideology and past, you would think they'd vote yes, but because of their audacious and pathetic plan, they fell face first into the puddle of shame. Not before they had given the tories a kick up the backside though, and arguably relieving the pressure off Red Ed.
It was a compromise for Labour, and one which was short term, but it worked. Because there was no other alternative. If the Conservatives had decided to keep their promise, which they should've done, and held a vote on the EU Arrest Warrant, many MP's, including Labour would've voted no, due to controversy. And most likely, they would've lost, which would leave egg on their face... Again.
However, the alternative, of breaking the promise and not holding a vote, gave Labour an excuse to call the Conservatives undemocratic and untrustworthy, which in this case, they were. This relieved pressure off Miliband and Labour, and for once, since the Scottish Independence Referendum, Labour aren't the ones to blame. They were only partially to blame. For such an audacious and incompetent plan, that won due to the Conservatives dead end.
Jordan Ifield (Ed Miliband still needs to step down)
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